Comparison

claude-shiploop vs MCP Task Orchestrator

claude-shiploop is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑19.

claude-shiploop is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Bechstein.Digital Ecommerce UG. No marketplace we read lists it any more. MCP Task Orchestrator is an MCP server published by jpicklyk. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-25. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	claude-shiploop	MCP Task Orchestrator
Community marketplace bechsteindigital/claude-shiploop	Removed on 2026-10-19 Version: 1.0.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 4 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-15	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 3.16.0 Forks (GitHub): 25 Stars (GitHub): 209 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Docker MCP Catalog	Not listed	Listed Version: sha256:eab0bb62611a Forks (GitHub): 25 Stars (GitHub): 209 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.

The facts side by side

claude-shiploop vs MCP Task Orchestrator
Fact	claude-shiploopno longer listed · 2026-10-19	MCP Task Orchestrator
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	2
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	4	209
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0	25
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (ghcr.io/jpicklyk/task-orchestrator:3.16.0)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	Not published	42
Environment variables it asks for (differs)	Not published	7, secrets among them: 0
Parts of the bundle (differs)	8	Not a bundle
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/bechsteindigital/claude-shiploop	github.com/jpicklyk/task-orchestrator
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	2	0
First seen (differs)	2026-10-15	2026-10-11

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.

What to use instead of claude-shiploop

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

conductor-orchestrator-supaconductor

Conductor v3 — Multi-agent orchestration with Evaluate-Loop, parallel execution, Board of Directors, and bundled SupaConductor skills for Claude Code

by Ibrahim-3d · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
orchestrator-supaconductor

Conductor v3 — Multi-agent orchestration with Evaluate-Loop, parallel execution, Board of Directors, and bundled SupaConductor skills for Claude Code

by Ibrahim · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
pm-ai-partner-framework

AI-powered skills for Product Managers — 10 agent modes for thinking, writing, analyzing, building, and decision-making. Includes 4 workflow commands (/pm:plan-week…

by ahmedkhaledmohamed · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Claude Code: claude-plugins-community · Describes nearly the same job
great-cto

Full SDLC pipeline with 7 agents: architecture, code review, QA, security. Two decisions per feature, the rest is automated.

by avelikiy · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
just-ship

Multi-agent framework for autonomous software development. A single ticket triggers a full pipeline: triage, planning, implementation, testing, PR, merge. Includes 23…

by yves-s · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Claude Code: claude-plugins-community · Describes nearly the same job
tk

Spec-driven workflow for AI coding agents: PRD, plan, check, and archive features using tracer-bullet vertical slices.

by helderberto · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Claude Code: claude-plugins-community · Describes nearly the same job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

claude-shiploop

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Autonomous delivery skills — pitch an idea, get an MVP. CEO/PO/DEV/Reviewer agent team with contracts, gates, and evidence rules.

MCP Task Orchestrator

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

Server-enforced workflow discipline for AI agents: work items, dependency graphs, quality gates

How to run each

claude-shiploop

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

MCP Task Orchestrator As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio task-orchestrator -- docker run -i --rm -v mcp-task-data:/app/data ghcr.io/jpicklyk/task-orchestrator:3.16.0

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of claude-shiploop publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

The marketplaces of claude-shiploop publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.

What it can do: claude-shiploop · What it can do: MCP Task Orchestrator · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-25. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.